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Dryad is a non-profit, community-governed data repository for publishing research data to comply with funder and publisher requirements. Submissions are self-deposited and vetted by Dryad curators.
BioRender is an online, cloud-based platform that allows researchers to create scientific figures. Create and customize membranes, cell layers, and DNA in seconds with drawing tools. Visualize and customize 3D protein structures with our PDB integration or upload your own protein data file. Easily auto-align to a grid or other objects for a clean and professional look.
The Northwestern Public Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users with Northwestern NetIDs to access University network resources as if they were directly connected to the Northwestern network.Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a "secure tunnel" for your computer on the Northwestern network. It provides strong encryption, enables authenticated access to the Northwestern network from external and untrusted environments, and proxies your network traffic so it appears to originate from within the Northwestern network.
Students, Researchers, and Faculty who have active netID can obtain access to the MATLAB by signing into the Northwestern MATLAB Portal.
Zoom is available to anyone with a valid Northwestern NetID, and its use is intended for the purpose of conducting University-related activities. To get an account and begin using it immediately, visit the Zoom login page, sign in with your NetID and password, and authenticate using Duo MFA. An account is provisioned automatically upon first login.
OnBase is a document management system with workflow capabilities. It allows users to take paper out of the file cabinet and store it as images on servers where the content can be accessed regardless of the user’s location.
Quest, Quest Analytics Nodes, Kellogg Linux Cluster (KLC), and Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC).
NUworkspace offers users a virtual Windows desktop service that provides access to a suite of many software applications to faculty, students, and staff, including access to software packages that may not be readily available on their desktop/laptop computers.
Northwestern has agreements with Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft Azure, to provide discounted cloud hosting options for Northwestern faculty and staff.
CAESAR is Northwestern’s system of record for student data. Students, faculty, advisers, parents, guardians, and staff use CAESAR to manage classes and grades, pay bills, view financial aid, process admissions, and maintain demographic data.
myHR is Northwestern’s system of record for Human Resources data. Employees and Administrators can access processes and data associated with payroll, benefits, talent acquisition, and compensation.
NUFinancials is the centerpiece of the University’s financial management systems. It supports the accounting and budgeting functions that feed the University’s general ledger, and works with related reporting, facilities management, purchasing, sponsored research, financial forecasting, and annual budgeting systems.
NetID services take information from the HR or student system and create unified Northwestern credentials (NetIDs) that are then connected with information about each individual. NetIDs are then used as the primary way for people to interact with IT services. Other types of NetIDs can be created as well for specific people, organizations, or IT system purposes.
Bookings with me in Outlook is a web-based personal scheduling page that integrates with the free/busy information from your Outlook calendar.
OneDrive offers secure, cloud-based storage that lets you seamlessly collaborate and access files from anywhere in the world, at any time.
Northwestern University's agreement with Microsoft offers Microsoft Office software, core client access licenses, and operating system upgrades for University-owned computers
The Business Intelligence (BI) System (also known as Cognos), provides Northwestern with accessible and comprehensive reporting and analytics solutions for University schools and business units.
Qualtrics is an easy-to-use, web-based tool for creating and conducting full-featured online surveys.
The Northwestern Research Portal is a one-stop-shop for researchers and their staff to obtain research administration information. The Portal displays data from multiple systems in a user-friendly way, allowing faculty members self-service access to drill into details of the project information they are most interested in.
Services include photographing headshots, live events, and other projects in high resolution digital photos for use in print, web, video, or other media.
This service includes Mudd Libraries Video Production Studio.
Northwestern provides three wireless networks to access the Internet. Each network is unique to University affiliation and device type.
Microsoft Planner, is a project management platform within the Microsoft 365 applications and add-ins that enables users to create and manage plans and tasks on various ad-hoc projects.